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[quote=Anonymous]Montgomery country now says kids have to test positive or be in close contact with a person who tested positive in order to be sent home. No more sending entire classes home because of a positive test somewhere.

DC needs to do the same. These kids are already missing too much school.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/14/montgomery-county-school-qurantine-policy-update/

"Montgomery County Public Schools officials changed the district’s controversial quarantine policy Tuesday after weeks of backlash from parents and community members.

The change, which took effect immediately, now only requires close contacts of a student showing virus symptoms to quarantine if the student tests positive or has a known exposure to the coronavirus.

After the first week of school, officials implemented a policy that required those in close contact with a symptomatic student to quarantine while awaiting test results, sending more than 1,700 students, mostly in elementary school, home to quarantine during the first weeks of class. Montgomery leaders have said they based the policy on county health recommendations.

School and county leaders say the policy was implemented out of an abundance of caution as students returned to school Aug. 30 amid surging cases involving the delta variant of the virus. But many parents who were hoping for a more normal school year were outraged by the policy and questioned why rapid testing for symptomatic students was not readily available."[/quote]

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